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The whims of opera fans are legendary, and if justice were to be served, soprano Krassimira Stoyanova would be as famous as Anna Netrebko (perhaps)
This new recording of Verdi’s Requiem joins about 60 others in the catalog. There’s always a push-pull in this work–is it an opera in disguise,
This was recorded at three live performances in Chicago in April 2011, and for the second half at least, it has the marvelous frisson of
Maria di Rohan, one of Donizetti’s last operas, is also one of his leanest. It was composed for Vienna in 1843 for an audience that
Bulgarian soprano Krassimira Stoyanova is a mightily impressive singer, both on stage and also on CD, judging from this, her first solo recital (she has
The curtain rises and we see practically nothing–minimalism at its most minimalist. With direction by Willy Decker, sets and costumes by John Macfarlane, and lighting
If you’re not familiar with this odd masterpiece, your first reaction is likely to be surprise–a “petite” mass more than 80 minutes long, a small
